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2 ~NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1930. —_— Policeman Discovers Book Centuries Late Chicago, THIEVES USE SAFE AS FESTIVE BOARD (Continued From First Page) Ma Petror ch 12 (UP)—AIl- the TRoman 3 some 1,500 Patrolman John J. across it in his 1 decided ¥e Kr eyer came reading only recently i book." y is deliberating Ned the who sold the book to the policeman, is guilty of pur- veying obscene lite A philosopher, been wrenched or drilled away. ACN Second Break Disclosed Mr. LaRose at once called Con- stable George Kanupk About a block away from the FEconomy | store, the Atlantic & Pacific boldly thrusts its red front the street. J. G. Albano. of this store, saw Constable ka go into his competitor's and forthwith despatched a mes senger to call him to his own place Wonderir 0 e Kan ried to the store 1 road. Manager Albano, of excitement. grabbed arm and hastened to room. There were holes, the forced window down in they also took groceries,” Mr. ed. sul S G ick, book seller ature professor of ind @ pub- peared i nk's co sses for Petro- his own out man in Kan who took 1 0 hecan nius, Brow profe X ad th. bhoo! plenty dirty to me, Car Yound in Mud Hole too. A passerby s ka go into “Say, th mud over ventured on of ho longed fig mudholes, w torious if attempts decper to pull it c A litter of pape ter bottls tops. several empty pickle car proclaimed the hu ture of Berlin’s m Mrs. Ja street, opposite today that she between 1 and o'clock t ing by a humming a time had curi anctics of three attempted to of this, the three attempts to ~ INWOMAN'S DEATH Hartford wol 1an i fresh much or ¢ a myster v in recent morning, 192 was murde notor Shocked Andre Car Owner Rudely Early t morni Brzuszek of Burritt Britain, while sha heard telephone bell ngle. The voice the other end of the wire him ii he owned such and car. Yes, of course he dil. matter of fac! owned two cars, he told the inc r. Consta nupka of Berlin. Both we garage at the rear of his home. he sure of that. the Ridiculous, Mr. Drzus: constable. Of course he for had he not locked last night and was this not the key he had in his hand? “Well, I wouldn't be that” the Berlin constable replied. “Go down and ne Wondering. the latter did a v soft ray of li gested—and there top of the Wa on lock had been broken nd spire he ger car taken. Lroud Investigations were D toflay to determinc pdnts of the stolen 171 - ger prints found on the steer wheel of the car and the trap doors in both stores were to be taken to assist in the investigation gh the beatir 1 him insta WENORIAL SIAFT I - PLINNED FOR TAFT mquired 0 | the rtion the at vin Ka- re voice From 1 told otes oss the Lroad of L came the soft clear e bugle, and sounding “Taps,” thick and fall- day, brigl and the nt ily s0 with clouds ut {he appe Wt oplayed sky. rain- t bit Lot nun was no car and the across th Potomae. It had been a great and lowly b to i hour and a made in which hoth the Ior had 1 the ea day had pa it Ame half. the rotunda of ho i w ody 1in tr had stood in this tunity, filed AGAINST BEETLES Picree Japanese Pest Will Be Object of Heavy Quarantine falling ra oppor slowly the organ iing. ns that That N ripture e recitation had of a loved in il Led by Tiscort church the funeral pro- i slowly across the Poto- up the ing road to At Myer, it was nd naval ay to the the burial om on_ fil d win Tort military (P—War- & nes b ! real and heavy New Haven. Ma fare against the Jap Connecticut will be the coming summer and fall for the state and federal gover are planning to bring all their 1 artillery in pest control into action Last season quarantine la- tions covered only the Long Island sound f to Greenwich. Now it is intend son contrary to plans i to cover all Connecticut tine. in n draped arried it from his h cemetery, and A multitude could not section of om New Haven to the capitol, to the ch finally to the S distinguished tood lis- that had military solemn hush Hearinz Held A hearing on this qu has been set for 1t Connnecticut ment station by rector, as first ers of vegetables nursery product iffected by aran » ernoon been invited to x Dr. W. E. [ gist, said today that tory arr hury corn itton have Leey been presente everyono it day. The Uniic agriculture into 8 which 1 strictions HUSTON TESTIFIES 1 may be fested territory nd no rama HUSBAND GETS N Washingt liam Jef into pron S Margo with a W vestr o becor 108 WHITE GOLS TO CAPIT AL N S AT USE HEBALD CLASSIEILD ¢ DS | Sesteen e el B POLCE LACK CLLE |BELIEVE IT OR NOT SUCH AS (On request, (Reg. ke 10OST BEAUTIFUL COLORS EVER SEEN — MAUVE - RED + INDIGO - VIOLET- BLUE - GREEN ARE MADE FROM A BLACK TARRY MESS CALLED COAL TAR. ./ e SN / J Dréwn by DICK SNYDER — Tucson,ana 1T 1T WERE POSSTBLE FOR A MAN | [0 SHOUT ACROSS THE OCEAN — | IT WOULD TAKE 472 HOURS FOR HIS VOICE TO REACH THERE — EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY'S CARTOO King George 1 of England Could Not Speak English—George Louis, (1660-1727) the elec- tor of Hanover and a native German, who ruled England as George I, was unable to speak This inability precluded his presiding over his council of ministers and led to the vernment in England. Encyclopedia Britannica, or “The First George in Hanover and England” by TOMORROW—The Tree That Lives Without Roots English. cabinet system of ¢ | Referenc Melville. sl Commy _~ THE SAME VOICE TRANSMITTED BY RADIO \W/OULD REACH THERE IN ONE SECOND eent with stamped, dressed envelope, Mr. Ripley will furnish proof of anythin; deplicted by . & Pat Off. =) THE LONGEST WORD EVER SENT BY CABLE WAS — BAPAYALEPOWOQUIUYUAYUWAYUGEYUWEURKIAUTIYUXI YU WUV, 181 Cables = Aug., 1715 ad- bim). ) CA TRAFF ~of Gelesburg, 11l USES CRUTCHES [/ FEET LONG 1058, Xi Doer Found Padlocked In Hotel Fire splint- e de- rin Buildi FORE SEMTORS py sy OF FIRE ¥ HATEL Market Stoek Condemned t \ will " 1o unt ntory. The ntimated e safety Both it brood | Schups i that night the to 00 saying made a el a amilics s (heir ering tw broods at v vo appro 1id point thie slid construct it thron e completc I stock doors within ni could not in- he alon 24,000, “tored in S recov- K- still hile 00ds of born in the mother K Resents Intimations the eral old- of otel Fire as sayi e and pad- feet was Be- ‘of He vin locked door and it has been found | that men of drinking habits have | | found their way through the back | entrance and used the rooms for | sleeping quarters without paying a | room fee, Mr. Schupack expressed com- lete satigfaction with the manne in which the firemen handled the | Jlaze. They kept the fire from the | wpper floor and did a minimum | unount of damage to the upper | loors, he said. X-ray pictures taken of “nwam} Porter at the New Britain General | hospital show no fractures. It was | feared he might have sustained a fractured vertebra. Ladderman | Irank Keough, overcome by smoke. | also is a patient at the hospital. Funeral arrangements for John- on are being made by Frank P. and arc incomplete. Mr. ! Johnson, who is believed to have no I relatives, was employed by the city | The rope over which Edward Johnson climbed in his flight from |the smoke filled rooms on the top | floor of the Central hotel in the Schupak bLlock was four feet short- | er than the distance to the ground, | according to a report filed late this | afternoon by Sergeant McAvay to Prosecutor Woods Sergeant McAvay in his report | says he and Ruilding Inspector | Rutherford and Deputy Fire Chief | Souney inspected the premises. | They found a sign on the door in question, reading “This door must | be kept locked after 7 p. m. Signed. | Mrs. McCarthy, proprietor.”” Fifteen | feet away was another locked door. SCHOELL HEARING PUT OFF T0 JUNE Non-Support Gase Postponed in. Superior Gourt j (Special to the Herald) Hartford. March 12—Announc nient was made today by the attorney’s office that the non-sup- port case of Lugeen K. Schoell of Waterbury, formerly of New Brit has been continued until the | June term of superior court and will | not be heard until then. It was to | have been heard at the December term but a continuance was orderc] | until the present term. Schoell in the meantime will continue paying | $10 a week towards the support of his first wife, Mrs. Rose Schoell of | this city, who is without the use of | legs because of an illness, | Schocll ebtained a- divorce fro.n his wife in Nevada and married Mis Helen Maric Wass of Plymouth in Brewster, N. Y. on October 5, 1924, e has sinee lived with her in Wo- terbury, where he is employed as mechanic. ‘ he Connecticut supreme court ¢ ain, e led today. KNOX AND AIDE IN'PLANE WRECK (Continued From First Page) belts and rolled out quickly to avoid | injury in case of fire. Commissioner Knox ordered that | the upturned plane be left in the runway as a warning to the Buenos Aires fiiers. He cstimated that sev- eral days would be required to repair damage to the state plane. Delayed Until Tomorrow ‘Albany, N. Y., March 12 (P)—The airplane in which Lieutenant Com- mander George A. Pond and Captain | Herbert G. Partridge are planning u} non-stop flight from New Haven, } Conn., to Buenos Aires, landed at the | Albany airport this morning. i Commander Pond said the reason | for the stop was to put on board a | number of instruments which had| been made for them by the General Electric Co. He expects to resume the flight to New Haven tomorrow. The flight to the Argentine probably will not be started for at least three weeks, he said. Leave Syracuse Today Syracuse, N. Y., March 12 (F— Lieutenant Commander George R. Pond and Captain Herbert G. Par- tridge, planning a non-stop refuel- ing flight from New Haven, Conn..| to Buenos Aires, took off from the| Syracuse airport for New Haven at | 6 o'clock this morning. They were forced down here yesterday afternoon by rough weather. Commander Pond is a naval re- serve filer and Captain Partridge a member of the army reserve corp: The plane in which they plan the| long flight is a specially built Stin-| son-Detroiter. It was to have been dedicated Jast night in New Haven by Mrs. John Coolidge, danghter-in- law of the former president and daughter of Governor John H. Trumbull of Connecticut. Pond and | Partridge were flying from Detroit | when forced down. Graf Plans Flight Bethany, March 12 (UP)—Beth- any airdrome, from which two air. men plan to take off on a non-stop | flight to Buenos Aires, will be the| starting point of another long-dis- tance flight this summer if plans of Gus Graf, veteran Connecticut pilor, are realized, the United Press learn- For months Graf has been quictly preparing an unusual ship for 2| non-stop flight to. Miami—not to- at- | tempt to cover distance, but to ‘set| @ new record for economy of fuel| lon a long hop. | The ship is a rebuilt army stand- | ard of ancient vintage with a Sikor- | sky wing, It is cquipped with a seven-eylinder beetle radial engins| of 120 horsepower, built in Naugn-‘ tuck. Graf believes his composite planc has unusual gliding ability which | will enable him to reach Miami with | a minimum expenditure of fucl. | Trip Is Outlined | New Havyen, March 12 (UF)—Two | daring aviators who hope "to pilot | their big Stinson monoplane with- | out. stop from New Haven to Buenos | Aires—a distance of 7,700 miles ani | a new distance flying record for| licavier-than-air machines — were | cxpected here today from Syracuse, N. Y. where a storm forced then down late yesterday. They were again delayed. however, and will ar. rive tomorrow. The pilots, Captain Herbert . Partridge and Lieutenant Comman- | der Georgs R, Pond, will take off from Bethany airdrome on their epochal refueling attempt. as soon as | tests have been completed and the | weather conditions are regarded fay- | orable, | Partridge and Pond were to have been guests of honor at a banquet | at Hotel Taft last night. They had taken off from Detroit, where the| plane was built, early yesterday and | had hoped to arrive at the airdrome in time for christening cercmonies Weather permitting, Miss Alice Oviatt, New Haven society girl, was | 1o christen the ship “K of New Ha- ven tomorrow. Despite the absence of the guests| of honor, about 200 persons as- | sembled at the banquet last night to | pay tribute fo the courage and cn- terprise of the airmen. Trumbull at Banquet Among the guests were Governor | John H. Trumbull, Conneeticut’s | pilot-executive, and representatives | of seven Latin-American countries | over which the aviators will fiy. Governor Trumbull took advin:- age of the occasion to stress favorite topic—the dev elopment or commercial flvinz. He foresaw the time when planes would make regu- | larly scheduled trips between fhie continents, specding travel and con- | mers | | nis Brief tributes to the f paid by Consuls General Feliu of Chili, Carlos Arbelacz o Colombi Augusto Merchan of Cuba. Lgues Baquerizo of licuador, Enoch Adams of Panama and wardo Higginson of Peru. Adol‘o Bollini of Argentina, represents.d | his father, Alcjandro, consul gencral | of Argentina, who unable fo| attend. it Luis 1. werc vas 10 Arrangements Complete | Final arrangements for refucling the ship over Havana, Cuba: Limui, Peru; and Santiago, Chili, have been completed, according to local b ers. The K of New Haven is equin- | ped with radio and will contact ic- fueling points during its long voy- | age. The first refucling is expected to take place over Roosevelt el N. Y. The plane will (ake off from the comparatively Bethanv small jarrdrome with a light load of gaso- |car to approach stopped, line, The specially built monoplane is | I row | because | before tugs pulled the big v long, hazardous miles over Souih and Central America jungle and the last daring hop over the Andzs mountains where a sideslip in a treacherous current would be fatal. HUMPHREY NAMED QUIGLEY MANAGER DURING CAMPATGN (Continued From Tirst Page) has seen little activity in politics during the past few years but since the Quigley boom was launched, ru- mors have been heard that Hum- phrey would resume activity as an aide to the former mayor. Quigley headquarters have been opened in the United building on ain street and meetings arc being held nightly. Factory gate rallies and trips into the ards will be | started next weel, it was announced toda Mrs. Bassette Bartlett Aide Mrs. Buell B. Bassette was ap- pointed . today to manage the women's division in the campaign of Donald L. Bartlett for the repub- lican nomination for mayor at the primary March 28. Mrs. Bassette will work in coop- eration with Alderman David L. Nair, director of publicity, and Rep- resentative Thure Bengtson, in charge of organization work. Arranging Women's RaHy Mrs, Bassetio is making arrange- ments for a women's rally to be held at her home, 27 Emmons place, nest Tuesday evening, at cight o’clock Bartlett: will address the rally, and refreshments will be served. Matthew Meskill of 101 Green- wood street, has been appointed to take charge of Bartlett headquar- ters in the Holmes & Hoffman build- ing. A rally will take place at the headquarters tonight, at which rep- resentatives from all wards wilt be present, apd will outline the work for the campaign. KELLY WILL RUN FOR MAYOR-DOBROWOLSKI (Continued From Tirst Page) act as chairman of the independent town committee. He intimated that should he receive any public post he would not accept any fecs for his services. A meeting of the officers of the Citizens Property Owners' associa- tion was held last night at thei headquarters in Hanna's building at 434 Main street. Campaign plans and publicity are| being arranged by a committee which consists of David Shymansky, Richard Kokoski and Vice President Kelly. Tho officers reported that candidates are lacking in the first and second wards but are expected to be nominated rally tomor- night ‘at 7 the Painters' Union hall, which is adjacent to their headquarters. They intend to hold several rallies beginning next week. THIRD WHARF BLAZE AROUSES SUSPICION| (Continued From First Page) of the steel building, other structures burned being wood. Twisted steel and charred pilings were all that remained of the Mandeville wharf. An appraisal by the state fire marshal set the damage at $1,000,- 000, but dock officlals later said the loss would aggregate nearly $2,000,- 000, The steamship Munaires of the Munson line, whose cargo thé wharf held. was burned to the ex- tent of $500,000, its operators said, el to the of midstream. he Pacific, a steamship of Brit- ish registry, leased by the Munson line, was towed from the wharf be- fore being damaged seriously. The fire spread from beneath the floor of the dock structure late yes- | |terday and bursting oil casks caused | several minor explosions. The steamship Scantic was burn- |ed considerably when fire swept the Charbonnet loss of estimated by $£3,000,000. BANDITS USE AUTO TRUCK 0 STOP HOLDUP VICTIMS street dock with the al lives and damage properly owners at Five Men Get $800 T'rom Passengers | At Natick, Mass.—Truck Crew Driven Away Natick, Ma band of five men omobile truck and placed across the road to stop a passenger car, robbing the occupants of the latter of $500. was sought by police today. The two holdups occurred last night The gang got no moncy from the two men on the truck, Peter Stefa- noni and Peno Barto of Milford. after stopping it at gunpoint, ordered the two to walk away. 7T truck w then manecuvered the highway and the first nassenger The gan: from one of the two oc- James Donestico of March 12 (P—A who held up an took $800 cupant crrors recently handed down a J:-|reported capable of carrying 950 gal- [ingham, and found nothing on the | cision in Schoell 4 state New term a case similar to (hat of | nd it was expected that the | would prosccute the formor| Britain man at the presvat of superior court on the | strength of that decision | SURN TO DEATH March 12 (P—DMiss nd her 90 year Martha Cheat burned 1o death today in and the | | | corpin | Mis Annie Harter, old negro ham, w L tive f Cantor servant 1t dustroyed a sto “Frolio hotel. - The cd by fire $100,000, Toss w men and the owners at | tered with green, lens of gasoline, more than enough | to supply its 575 horsepower Hornet motor over the longest leg of flight ¢ ship is painted zold and orange, | Sl tie | | | in trimmed 1t has yellow and let- | on equiy- navigation w1l An automatic carricd 1o relieve strain of hundreds of | miles of monotonous flying. | The ship's radio is said to he sui- iciently powerful to keep it in fou :h | with kround station at point of the flight, cyven during th 1 ped the I piloting instruments pilot be pilots of the with may th o some every othier. After crippling Donestico’s ma- chine, they drove away, in their own machine. IRAINS HALT ONE HOUR Bucnos Aires, March 12 Work on all Argentine railway will be suspended today from Lo 4 p. . in compliance lution ployes lines p. was ar the v The strike n so- union. step fo @ more by e the first cxtensive movement 10 obtain betterment in their condi- tion, including & winimum salary and a revision of wa cales, it Irani- | @ —| ¥ Defendant in a new trial resulting from the naval oil leases of six vears ago, Edward L. Doheny, Ca‘i- fornia oil magnate, is shown abose, as he entered the district suprenie court in Washington to answer | charge of bribsry. He is accused of having given $100,000 to Albert T3 Fall, then secretary of the interior. in return for a lease in the Elk Hills oil section of California, CALLS EXTRA JURY ntinued From First Page) were charged with conspiracy and were acquitted. Doheny’s attorneys today hud | made no move to have the oil m.n tried before another judge, despiie their employer's shout *Tt's that damn judg after Fall had becn convicted last October of receiving the bribe. Justice Hitz was not in the courtroom at the time and couit | was not in session. Fall was convicted last Nctober of accepting the money as a bribe. Doheny reached court 20 minutes before time for it to vonvene. He appeared cheerful and unconcerned about the charges against him. Frank J. Hogan, his counsel, said the oil man was convinced he would be acquitted was accompanied by Mrs. Doheny and a number of friends. The defendant took his seat inside | the railing beside his counsel, while Mrs. Doheny and her friends sat in |the second row of the spectators' | seats. |- The panel of 26 men and women from whom it was hoped a jury could be chosen, was addtessed by | Justice ‘Hitz, who told them that of his own motion he would lock th. ¥ up and that the case might take * veral weeks." FOR GOOD RURAL ROADS * Get Connecticut Out of the Mud” Is Slogan of Southington Im- provement Body. (Special to the Herald) Southington, March 12.—Tempo- rary officers were named last night at a meeting of the Southington Rural Road Improvement Associa- tion held in the Lewis High schoot and. attended by more than 60 per- sons. The organization, formed within {he past two weeks, is ex-"* | pected to be statewide in scope and | has for its motto “Get Connecticnt - | out of the mu Milton Martyny Was named. chairman, Berkle: | Folrian, secretary, and Frank E. | Leach, treasure | Samucl Bowers, a civil engincer | Edward Hoadley and John Anderson | were named as a committee to look |into the advisability of purchasing | crusher for gravel while Julius ¢ | Lewis, Milton Martyny, Berk Julius Carley and John | Welch were selected to draw up a | constitution and by-laws. Carl Lanc of West Hartford, an officer in an automobile association idressed the meeting on the pur rose of the association as did J. Ts Lewis, former selectman and Albert P. Marsh of New Britain | The association wa formied | through the interest taken in U | rural sections of the various towu: and cities in the state by the Can- necticut Grange. There are ap- proximately 20,000 members of (i - | Grange in the state and they are | Tlorian, | Bind the movement to improve tii: | rural roads of Connecticut, it is said |Wanted: 60,000 Square i Feet of Floor Space 1f anybody in New Britain 1 | 60.000 square fect of floor space | they want to rent. Secretary Ralph | H. Benson of the Chamber of Com- | merce has a tenant for it. A letter received today from | Connecticut Chamber of Commerce | states that a man named Martin J | Maynard, in whom the Connecticit | Chamber has confidence, is seeking 1o rent 60.000 square feet of floor space in this =tate for the purpose of stariing a factory for building safe- razors Although places in Massa chusette offered Mr. Maynard rent 1o have him locate there * i3 said 1o necd no financial as- | sistancc | Mr. Benson has been unable to To- | cate factory space in this city avail- ‘:\Mv to a new tenant totalling more | | many have than 28,000 square feet, LUTH Berliy R CHOICLE APPROVED March 12 (UP)—The elec- tion of Hans Luther, former chan- | cellor and minister of finance, as {president of the Reic hsbank was ap- | proved today hy President Paul YVon | Hindenburg. | Luther clected {the Reichsbank | succecd Dr. l gned was vesterday by Hjalmar Sechacht, ye- 1y PANEL FOR DOHENY " L ? . X &eneral council 10,4 —4

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